·- A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, ·etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking office.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Book>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A reprimand. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A clergyman or ecclesiastic. II. Clerk ·noun An assistant in a shop or store. III. Clerk ·no...
Any naval officer doing the duty of a clerk. ...
·- An office where passage tickets are sold. II. Booking office ·- An office where passengers, bagg...
·noun A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. ...
·add. ·- A post-office clerk in charge of the nixies. ...
the parish clerk. Essex. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A contemptuous expression for lubberly pretenders to having seen "better days," but who were forced ...
One whose duty is strictly to keep all books and official papers necessary for passing the captain's...
the title ascribed in our version to the magistrate at Ephesus who appeased the mob in the theatre a...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
An officer in the royal dockyards, who goes on board to muster the ship's company, of whom he keeps ...